Grow a super colourful crystal garden, distil your own essential oils and extract copper metal from ore during this two hour family friendly workshop that will give you a taste of how it feels to be a real scientist in the Northern Territory! Audience: 10 and above. Children aged below 16 years must be accompanied…
Topic: Environment and Nature
The Science of Art From Nature: Natural Inks – Science Week @ CDU
This workshop will provide an introduction to using kitchen scraps and foraged flowers to make ink. Embark on a micro journey together into the surrounds and how this environment still holds pockets of nature and inspiration to observe and find materials from, with a focus on inks and colour. We will look at kitchen scraps…
Using Your Senses to Identify Native Plants – Science Week @ CDU
Botanists use various techniques to assign plants to families and then to species. In addition to the usual taxonomic features such as floral structures, the texture of leaves, arrangement of veins, smell of leaves and flowers, and the overall appearance of the plant can provide useful hints. This workshop will investigate a selection of native…
Let’s Go Fishing – Science Week @ CDU
Come fishing with us and learn a little about how we can use information to manage our fisheries with an interactive game.
Science Week at John Therry Catholic High School
This year for National Science Week, John Therry Catholic College will be undertaking a science escape room through STILE. The escape room is in line with the Deep Blue theme for 2020. Students are also invited to take part in a paper plane completion. The final activity is a table of science games that students…
Chevron Focus Environment Competition (WA schools only)
Share in almost $25,000 of cash prizes Grab a camera, get outdoors and start photographing WA’s biodiversity – it could be as simple as some spring wildflowers or a neighbourhood magpie! Include a short caption with your photo and submit it all online. How to enter DISCOVER: Find out about WA’s unique species, the threats…
That’s classified (FOR TEACHERS – WA schools only)
Taxonomy – the science of sorting species Use WA native species to explore scientific classification with your students. More than just grouping like with like, taxonomy is a standardised system which helps organise Earth’s diverse species. Explore the observable features and lifecycles of native WA plants and animals, while discovering how classification allows scientists to…
Virtual Science Snipets – Baking Soda and Vinegar Volcano
To Celebrate National Science Week East Gippsland Shire Library will be posting a short science demonstration that can be easily replicated at home. In today’s demonstration, Jane is going to show you how to use baking soda and vinegar to create an awesome chemical reaction. Videos will be posted at 4.00pm daily during the week…
Shirty Science Season Home
Dust off those art supplies because Shirty Science Season Home is streaming scientists straight into your lounge room so you can try your hand at science shirt making and learn a few things in the process. Each weeknight of National Science Week, Shirty Science will go live on Instagram with a Canberra scientist, armed with…
Climate Change in Central Australia
Join a robust discussion about the uncertain future that climate change poses for Central Australia and the community leaders that are stepping up in the face of what climate science shows is ahead. Speakers include Donna Ah Chee (Central Australian Aboriginal Congress) Norman Frank, and Geoff Evans (Julalikari Council Aboriginal Corporation). Facilitated by Roxanne Highford….